2010年2月9日星期二

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


US: 7 percent fewer illegal immigrants last year (AFP)

Posted: 09 Feb 2010 03:18 PM PST

Officers of the US Border Patrol check vehicles in a control facility in Falfurrias, Texas, in 2008. The number of illegal immigrants in the United States fell by seven percent last year to 10.8 million, coinciding with the country's financial crisis, a Department of Homeland Security report said Tuesday.(AFP/File/Jose Cabezas)AFP - The number of illegal immigrants in the United States fell by seven percent last year to 10.8 million, coinciding with the country's financial crisis, a Department of Homeland Security report said Tuesday.


Father of NY terror plot suspect pleads not guilty (AP)

Posted: 09 Feb 2010 02:27 PM PST

AP - The father of an airport driver accused of trying to cook up homemade bombs in a Colorado hotel for an attack on New York City pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges he tried to get rid of chemicals and other evidence, prosecutors said.

Obama aide charges 'fear-mongering' over bomber case (AFP)

Posted: 09 Feb 2010 01:03 PM PST

A booking photo released by the US Marshals Service on December 28, 2009, shows Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab in Michigan. US President Barack Obama's counter-terrorism adviser hit back at lawmakers Tuesday over the handling of the Christmas bomb plot suspect, accusing critics of AFP - US President Barack Obama's counter-terrorism adviser hit back at lawmakers Tuesday over the handling of the Christmas bomb plot suspect, accusing critics of "fear-mongering."


Conviction of 'wannabe suicide bomber' quashed (AFP)

Posted: 09 Feb 2010 05:50 AM PST

Mohammed Atif Siddique, a British-born Muslim student described as a AFP - An Islamist student described as a "wannabe suicide bomber" was set to walk free on Tuesday after a Scottish court quashed his most serious conviction on terror charges.


Abu Hamza's London home seized to pay legal bills (AFP)

Posted: 09 Feb 2010 04:55 AM PST

Police officers at the entrance to the home of radical Muslim cleric Sheikh Abu Hamza al-Masri in Greenford, west London in 2004. Officials have seized the Abu Hamza's London home to recover costs spent on defending him, they have said.(AFP/File/Odd Andersen)AFP - Legal aid officials have seized the London home of jailed radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza to recover costs spent on defending him, they said on Tuesday.


Scottish man's terror conviction overturned (AP)

Posted: 09 Feb 2010 04:37 AM PST

AP - The conviction of a man accused of wanting to become a suicide bomber was overturned Tuesday after a court in Scotland ruled that the trial judge did not properly instruct the jury.

Mexico arrests 2 reputed leaders of Tijuana gang (AP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2010 07:56 PM PST

Seized packages of marijuana and arrested truck driver Domingo Morales, 40, second from right, are shown to the press as soldiers stand guard  in Tijuana, Mexico,  Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010.  According to the army, Morales was arrested Saturday driving a truck with more than 12 tons of marijuana at a check point on the San Felipe-Tijuana road.  (AP Photo/Guillermo Arias)AP - Mexican federal police arrested two suspected gang leaders Monday, delivering another big blow to a brutal drug cartel that terrorized the border city of Tijuana for several years.


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